Update PHP to 7.4 macOS Catalina with brew

Question

I try to update my PHP version to 7.4 on macOS Catalina with brew.

I did brew install [email protected]

If I check my version php -v, I still see the old version PHP 7.3.11?

What do I have to do?

Update:

After brew doctor I get:

Warning: Homebrew's sbin was not found in your PATH but you have installed formulae that put executables in /usr/local/sbin. Consider setting the PATH for example like so: echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile

discourse.brew.sh/t/export-path-issues-for-macos/7732/3

Salines
– Salines

2020-11-04 18:33:44 +00:00
Commented Nov 4, 2020 at 18:33 — Salines
– Salines, Commented Nov 4, 2020 at 18:33

chenrui · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-06 15:24:14Z

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You can find my similar answer for [email protected].

brew install [email protected]
brew link --force --overwrite [email protected]
brew services start [email protected]
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/sbin:$PATH"

edited Jan 6, 2021 at 15:24

answered Nov 7, 2020 at 3:41

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juanitourquiza Over a year ago

This solution works perfectly in MacOS BigSur.

Jannie Theunissen Over a year ago

Instead of link --force I had to do brew link --overwrite [email protected]

chenrui Over a year ago

yeah, add --overwrite to the OP (it would consider the existing php links), thanks Jannie!

jo-chris Over a year ago

Works on BigSur 11.4

Andres SK Over a year ago

I'm doing this in Catalina but export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH" seems to take forever.

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Salines · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-04 18:16:47Z

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try:

brew update
brew upgrade php
php -v
brew services start php

or

brew services restart php

if you use apache server:

sudo apachectl restart

if you use ngnix

sudo nginx -s reload

Edit:

brew unlink [email protected]
brew link [email protected]

edited Nov 4, 2020 at 18:16

answered Nov 4, 2020 at 17:33

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meez Over a year ago

thanks but after trying above, it still show PHP 7.3.11? I need to update to 7.4 because of composer's dependencies.

Salines Over a year ago

@meez. after services restart ?

meez Over a year ago

After brew unlink [email protected] I get Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/[email protected] ?

Salines Over a year ago

@meez run brew doctor

Jono · Accepted Answer · 2024-01-10 10:44:37Z

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It seems that PHP v7.4 is no longer available on the default Homebrew repository. However, you can add an additional Tap (repository) and still install it:

brew tap shivammathur/php (Adds this repo)
brew install [email protected]

(I think this qualifies as an answer)

answered Jan 10, 2024 at 10:44

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Peter Csala · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-07 12:11:12Z

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If anyone want to downgrade php from latest 8.1.2 to 7.4 on systems demand, try the below commands with homebrew: Installing PHP 7.4 :

brew install [email protected]
brew services restart php
brew unlink [email protected]
brew link [email protected]

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Or

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/sbin:$PATH"

edited Feb 7, 2022 at 12:11

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Thiên Trần · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-09 12:41:09Z

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Using terminal of MacOS. Don't use terminal in vscode.

answered Sep 9, 2021 at 12:41

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Justin Hammond Over a year ago

Oddly enough, this did the trick even though I've linked/unlinked taps various times successfully from the VS Code terminal.

Rakibul Islam · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-29 07:11:26Z

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I move to directory by: cd /usr/local
Find the file location by: find /usr/local/ -name libphp7.so. (Then get the file location at: /usr/local//Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.23/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so. I copy this.)
I open the file by: sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Look for the line by: /libphp7.so
Uncomment the line and update the line by: LoadModule php7_module /usr/local//Cellar/[email protected]/7.4.23/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
Restart apache by: sudo apachectl restart
Verify PHP by accessing http://localhost/phpinfo.php

answered Sep 29, 2021 at 7:11

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Dharman · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-06 16:38:38Z

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I recently faced this issue, all the suggestion here didn't work until I ran:

xcode-select --install

Then ran the command I was trying before and the error stopped, for my case it was php

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openldap/lib/libldap-2.4.2.dylib Referenced from: /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/php Reason: image not found zsh: abort php -v

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